25 [a]Verily, verily I say unto you, the hour shall come, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear it shall live.

26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so likewise hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.

27 And hath given him [b]power also to execute judgment, in that he is the [c]Son of man.

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Footnotes

  1. John 5:25 We are all dead in sin and cannot be quickened by any other means, than by the word of Christ apprehended by faith.
  2. John 5:27 That is, high and sovereign power to rule and govern all things, insomuch that he hath power of life and death.
  3. John 5:27 That is, he shall not only judge the world as he is God, but also as he is man, he received this of his Father to be judge of the world.

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